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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






2. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






3. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






4. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






5. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






6. Processes that organize and manage the project team






7. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






8. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






9. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






10. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






11. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






12. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






13. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






14. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






15. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






16. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






17. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






18. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






19. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






20. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






21. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






22. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






23. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






24. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






25. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






26. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system






27. The process of completing each project procurement






28. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






29. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






30. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






31. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






32. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






33. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






34. Subdivision of a phase






35. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






36. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






37. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






38. Budgeted cost of work performed






39. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






40. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






41. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






42. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






43. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






44. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






45. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






46. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






47. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






48. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






49. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






50. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact